[The school child carrying heavy burdens].
In 163 Viennese pupils in standard 1 to 8, the weight of the schoolbag, the bodyweight and the ratio of these two parameters were examined in order to describe the amount of burden carried by those children. The results were: 1. The weight of the schoolbag war 4.0 kg (range 1 to 9 kg). 2. The pupils carried a schoolbag weighing on the average 10%, in standard 2 about 15% and in standard 8 about 6% of their bodyweight. 3. In every 6th pupil, the weight of the schoolbag constituted more than 15% of the bodyweight. 4. In analogy to pupils in standard 2, adults with a body weight of 70 kg would have to carry a weight of up to 17.5 kg to their working place. 5. While pupils have to carry a burden between 10 and 25% of their bodyweight, adults were carrying only between 1 and 10% of their bodyweight to work. We conclude that pupils are carrying daily a heavy burden in form of a schoolbag and adults apparently don't care about it.
Simbruner
G
G
Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Wien.
Fleischhacker
E
E
Huemer
C
C
Sanz
K
K
Schaidinger
B
B
Glatzl-Hawlik
M A
MA
Rauscher
C
C
Salzer
H
H
D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013334:Students
Das Schulkind als Lastenträger.